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Oil crashes back to $92 as U.S.-Iran diplomacy wipes out nearly 8% in a week
Oil took another beating Friday as talks between Iran and the United States returned to the market’s radar. West Texas Intermediate crude sank 2.3% to $92.41 a barrel, pushing its weekly loss to 7.9%. Brent crude also fell 2.1% to $104.32, though the global benchmark finished the full week roughly flat. Iran has put a...
Sat, Sep 26
Bitget formally asks THORChain to refuse service to attacker addresses
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen has gone public with the exchange’s request for THORChain to halt transactions linked to the exploit that drained about $387.5 million from its wallets. As Cryptopolitan reported, Circle and Tether already intervened, stopping nearly $318,000 in stablecoin movement related to the hack on Friday, September 25. However, the request to the...
Sat, Sep 26
Google's AI bug hunter logs 500+ flaws, only 2 in secure-by-design apps
Google's AI agent PageBreak confirmed 500+ XSS bugs in Google web apps but only 2 in apps built on its high-assurance frameworks.
Sat, Sep 26
U.S. economy defies 5% bond yields as consumer spending and business activity surge
The U.S. economy keeps expanding while borrowing costs are rallying in a way that seems completely out of control. The rates for US Treasuries rose once again on Friday. The 10-year rate hit 5.230% at one point during the day, its highest level since June 2007. The 30-year rate moved above 5.51%, which is a...
Sat, Sep 26
U.S. and China agree to slash tariffs on $30 billion of each other’s goods after Trump-Xi summit
The United States and China agreed to cut tariffs on $30 billion worth of each other’s goods after Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to Washington. China’s Foreign Ministry announced the reciprocal deal Saturday. It is one of eight provisions in an accord that was reached between Jinping and President Donald Trump. The other provisions include issues...
Sat, Sep 26
Google opens Gemini Omni video to free Vids users after a paid-only start in May
Google opened Gemini Omni video generation in Vids to any Google account for free at 1080p, after launching the model as a paid feature in May.
Sat, Sep 26
Apple hit with record $5.7B patent verdict it may never pay
A federal jury in San Diego has ordered Apple to pay $5.7 billion to Taction Technology Inc. after deciding the iPhone maker’s Taptic Engine infringed two of Taction’s haptic patents. The verdict is the largest yet in U.S. patent history. However, Apple’s history of appealing such verdicts suggests the check may never clear. Why does...
Sat, Sep 26
Will Kazakhstan's new Bitcoin mining strategy evolve into an AI compute playbook?
The decree that Kazakhstan’s President, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, signed in July to allow oil producers to run a direct flared gas to off-grid electricity funnel for the country’s buzzing crypto mining industry has raised a recent existential question about whether the more lucrative opportunity of the AI compute sector could hijack that infrastructure. The question becomes...
Sat, Sep 26
ShinyHunters resumes large-scale attacks on vulnerable Oracle PeopleSoft systems worldwide
ShinyHunters has restarted a broad attack campaign against Oracle PeopleSoft, getting around defenses that organizations added after earlier breaches this summer. Google’s cybersecurity unit, Mandiant, said Friday that the group is carrying out what it called “mass exploitation” of a PeopleSoft security flaw. The threat intelligence report came days after ShinyHunters said it had stolen...
Sat, Sep 26
How to reclaim your rescued NFTs after legacy Magic Eden approval exploit
The site for owners to recover their NFTs has gone live, according to the whitehat that launched the rescue mission to save at-risk NFTs during the security incident where 2024-era Magic Eden users were exposed due to an exploit of Limit Break’s Payment Processor. Part of the conditions for owners to reclaim their NFTs, according...
Sat, Sep 26
US prosecutors seek $84.2M tied to Tether-linked accounts
The prosecutors of the government are seeking to confiscate the funds worth $84.2 million that were taken from the accounts of the company that allegedly used the accounts to conduct transactions for Tether. This amount is relatively insignificant compared to the balance sheets of Tether; however, this story reveals a lot about the stablecoin market...
Sat, Sep 26
Zano faces 24-hour rollback after asset issuance flaw
Zano, a privacy-oriented blockchain, revealed on September 25 that a problem with its public Gateway Addresses affected asset issuance and could require the network to roll back a day’s worth of transactions. Unlike the common crypto hacks that involve stolen wallets or compromised keys, this one is related to how assets were created on the...
Sat, Sep 26
OpenAI widens agent review after interactions with US government websites
OpenAI has started warning U.S. government bodies and other organizations after its AI agents reached public information hosted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Census Bureau. While performing online research, the bots accessed websites such as SEC.gov, Investor.gov, and Census.gov. Bloomberg broke the story of the government’s actions on Friday. OpenAI subsequently...
Sat, Sep 26
Circle exec warns Germany’s 50% crypto tax rule could hit retail investors
Germany’s proposed crypto taxation framework has put many local industry stakeholders on edge due to its implications for retail investors. According to Patrick Hansen of Circle, the default 50% tax base introduced by Germany is problematic because it targets those who cannot verify their purchases and will weigh heavily on ordinary investors. “This will hit...
Sat, Sep 26
OpenAI says the full scope of agent activity could take months to establish
OpenAI revealed on Friday that its agents had leaked 53 images belonging to ChatGPT users, adding to the growing number of cases demonstrating how rapidly autonomous AI is putting to test the systems intended to regulate it, according to Reuters. For companies that are beginning to use AI agents in their day-to-day operations, the real...
Sat, Sep 26
Trump rejects Iran’s offer to reopen Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s seven-day ceasefire proposal, leaving the Strait of Hormuz closed and nuclear talks stuck. U.S. officials said Trump has also told aides he expects American bombing of Iran to restart after the November midterm elections. Cryptopolitan previously reported that in return for opening the strait and resuming nuclear talks, Tehran...
Sat, Sep 26
Kalshi loses another major court fight as states win power to regulate sports prediction markets
Kalshi has lost another major court fight over sports prediction markets, with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Friday that states can apply local gambling laws to sports event contracts. The unanimous three-judge panel said Ohio and Tennessee may regulate Kalshi’s sports markets. It is the industry’s second legal setback as the fight...
Sat, Sep 26
Stolen FBI medical records show why personnel data is now a prime cyber target
The hacking group ShinyHunters claimed that the stash they stole from the FBI contains psychiatric and medical evaluation records of bureau personnel. If the claim is confirmed, this will become more than just an employee-data breach, but rather a long-term counterintelligence and identity risk debacle that cannot be remedied with a password reset. Blood tests,...
Sat, Sep 26
Tesla ramps Optimus production 10-fold but robot hands are holding Elon back
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has pushed Optimus production up by about 10 times, but the robot’s hands are now one of the biggest things slowing Elon Musk’s production plan. Tesla was making only a few dozen humanoid robots each week during the second quarter. That figure has now moved into the hundreds per week, according to...
Sat, Sep 26
Trump says Scott Bessent won’t be his ‘Super Intelligence’ Czar
President Donald Trump ruled out Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as his next “Super Intelligence” czar on Friday, September 25, ending speculation around one of his administration’s main officials working on AI. Trump wrote on Truth Social (NASDAQ: DJT) that Scott does not want the job and will stay at Treasury. “Number One, he doesn’t want...
Sat, Sep 26
